Maxine McArthur

Maxine McArthur
Maxine McArthur in 2012.
Born 1962 (age 55–56)
Nationality Australian
Genre Science fiction
Notable awards Aurealis Award
Science fiction division
2004 Less Than Human
Website
www.maxinemcarthur.com/Default.htm

Maxine McArthur is an Australian writer of science fiction.

Biography

McArthur spent 16 years living in Japan but returned to live in Canberra in 1996.[1] In 1999 McArthur's first book was released in Australia, entitled Time Future.[2] It won the 1999 George Turner Award and finished ninth in 2000 Locus Awards for best first novel.[3] In 2002 she released the sequel to her first novel entitled Time Past which was a short-list nominee for the 2003 Ditmar Award for best Australian novel.[3] In 2004 her third novel Less Than Human won the 2004 Aurealis Award for best science fiction novel which also was a short-list nominee for the 2005 Ditmar Award for best novel.[3][4] In the 2005 Ditmar Awards McArthur and co-editor Donna Hanson were short-list nominees for best collected work with their anthology Encounters.[3]

Bibliography

Novels

Short stories

Anthologies

  • Encounters: An Anthology of Australian Speculative Fiction (2004) (with Donna Hanson)

Non-fiction

  • Historical Dictionary of Japanese Science and Technology (2002) (with Morris Low)

References

  1. ↑ "Bio". Maxine McArthur. Retrieved 2010-01-15.
  2. ↑ "Maxine McArthur - Summary Bibliography". ISFDB. Retrieved 2010-01-15.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "The Locus Index to SF Awards: Index of Literary Nominees". Locus Online. Retrieved 2010-01-15.
  4. ↑ "aurealis awards, previous years' results" (PDF). Aurealis Awards. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-04-02. Retrieved 2009-01-15.


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